In 1960, a titanium monster streaked across the sky above the Kapustin Yar test site. Its altitude was over 22 km. Its speed was more than 3,000 km per hour. A ...

In the early 1970s, Lev Lyuliev, chief designer at the “Novator” Design Bureau, approached Defense Minister Ustinov with blueprints for a fundamentally new ...

During World War II, the Soviet Union was repeatedly faced with the challenge of not only repelling aggression but also acquiring the enemy’s advanced military ...